LA Times: Archbishop: No 'ultimatum' over gay Episcopal clergy
The Anglican church wasn't issuing demands when it set a deadline for U.S. leaders to renounce their position, its leader says in advocating compromise.
From the Associated Press
September 22, 2007

NEW ORLEANS -- -- The archbishop of Canterbury indicated Friday that the Episcopal Church wasn't on the brink of losing its place in the world Anglican fellowship, despite the uproar over Episcopal support for gay clergy.

Anglican leaders, called primates, had set a Sept. 30 deadline for the Americans to pledge unequivocally not to consecrate another gay bishop or approve an official prayer service for same-sex couples. Episcopal bishops have dedicated their meeting here to crafting a response. the rest